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Free heart surgeries will be available for children with congenital defects at the Aligarh Muslim University's (AMU) Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) after the varsity signed a deal with a British charity.


Free heart surgeries for children at AMU medical college


In a shocking incident, five children of a woman were keeping her dead body in their house here for the past five months, so that the pension coming in her name did not stop despite her passing away, police said on Wednesday.


Varanasi: Sons hide woman's body to keep pension flowing


A British court has convicted a mother of forcing her daughter to marry a relative almost twice her age in Pakistan, in a first successful prosecution of its type in England.


British mother convicted of forcing daughter to marry


Two Abu Dhabi-based entrepreneurs have pledged to support the two children of a Kerala nurse who died after attending to Nipah virus patients in the Indian state.


UAE expats to sponsor education of Kerala nurse's kids


A Muslim in Bihar chose humanity over religious customs, broke his Ramadan fast to donate blood to an eight-year-old Hindu thalassemic boy and saved his life.


Man breaks Ramadan fast to save thalassemic child


A page from a manuscript belonging to Karl Marx has sold for 3.34 million yuan ($524,000) at an auction here.


Page from Karl Marx manuscript sells for $524,000


At least 10 female Mcdonald's current and former employees in the US have filed sexual harassment complaints against the company, the media reported.


Female McDonald's employees allege sexual harassment


A Japanese climber, who lost nearly all his fingers in an attempt to climb Mount Everest earlier, has died on his eighth attempt to summit the mountain.


Japanese climber dies on eighth Everest attempt


The Swedish government is sending an instructional war pamphlet to all 4.8 million households in the country, educating them for the first time in more than 30 years on the perils of war.


Sweden to send war pamphlet to 4.8 mn households


Denver-based Frontier Airlines confirmed that it is investigating the conduct of a male passenger who allegedly touched two women in an unwelcome manner and urinated inside the plane cabin during a flight last week.


Authorities investigating US man for misconduct in plane


After braving eight-foot waves, hurricanes, sub-zero temperatures, broken steering gear and spending 194 days at sea, the six women crew of the Indian Naval sailing vessel 'Tarini' sailed into Goa on Monday as young legends, becoming the first all-women naval crew to have circumnavigated the globe.


Braving seas' terrors, snags, women sailors complete global voyage


Fearing a poor exam result, a Class X student from Udaipur in Rajasthan choreographed his own "abduction" for ransom, but was outsmarted by police which recovered him and finally reunited with his family on Monday.


Fearing poor exam result, Rajasthan student plans own abduction, recovered


A quarter century after 25 people died from drinking contaminated  water supplied by the civic body, the Taj city continues to face an acute shortage of safe drinking water for its urban population of two million.


Agra water tragedy: 25 years on, solution a dream


The completion of the arduous 'Navika Sagar Parikrama', a global circumnavigation expedition undertaken by six women sailors of the Indian Navy, has shown that youngsters can complete any difficult task if they put their minds to it, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.


Women sailors proved youngsters can achieve tough goals: Sitharaman


At least 11 people died and more than 800 others were poisoned after eating toxic wild mushrooms in western Iran, Health Ministry officials said on Monday.


Toxic mushrooms kill 11, poison over 800 in Iran


After bridging the digital gender divide and empowering 15 million women in rural India, Google's "Internet Saathi" programme is set to expand to four new states.


Internet Saathi reaches 15mn women, to expand to 4 new states


Actress and global Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights Priyanka Chopra is visiting the Rohingya refugee camps on a field visit.


Priyanka Chopra visits Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh


Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats and countries need better waste management to cope with the sheer quantity of plastic rubbish that is fouling the waters and environment, says United Nations Environment head Erik Solheim.


Plastic pollution needs to be curbed: UN Environment head (IANS Interview)


Over 4,000 carnival actors in 68 groups have showcased the rich cultural diversity in Berlin with a street parade, drawing tens of thousands of spectators.


Berlin celebrates cultural diversity with carnival


Homeless beggars, ragpickers and labourers sitting with plates on a mat are waiting under a flyover. As the clock strikes 12.30 pm, a slim man appears on the scene and starts serving hot rice and dal.

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